Boston Latin School

John M. Gaffney “Gaff”

John M. Gaffney (“Gaff”), Boston Latin School class of 1926 (Boston, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from St. Mary's School; headed for Harvard; activities listed: Football and Track.

Class of 1926

104 in the class of 1926 · 13 more named Gaffney

Full name: John M. Gaffney
Known as: Gaff
School: Boston Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1926
Came from: St. Mary's School
Headed for: Harvard
Ambition: “Secretary to Pola Negri.”

Also searched as: Gaff Gaffney; Jack Gaffney; John Gaffney; Johnny Gaffney.

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Clubs & teams 58
Same surname 11
Classmates 103
Same schools 251

In context

John M. Gaffney is number 36 of 104 in the alphabetical list of the Boston Latin School class of 1926 on this site. Find John on page 27 of the scan; the people on this site from the Boston Latin School class of 1926 are spread over pages 18 to 45. Among first names in the Boston Latin School class of 1926, John comes 1st in frequency (11 people). Counting John, “Football” is named by 9 people in the Boston Latin School class of 1926. In the class of 1926, 98% of the plans we could classify (88 of 90) were a college or university; the neighbouring class shows 97% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Joseph Finer, Peter Fishman, John Richard Fitzpatrick
Same club	Football: 8 other classmates
Same club	Track: 16 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 88 of 92 classmates with a plan (96%)
Same first name	John: 10 other people in the class

What John did at school

Football 94
Track 102
Captain Track, 1926
Captain 10th Co., 5th Regiment
Picture Committee. 22

Fellow members from John's own class:

What the yearbook said

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The class of 1926

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Others named Gaffney

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Also headed for Harvard

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Boston Latin School yearbook, 1926, page 27. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item latinschoolregi1926bost_4).

Published 1926, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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